(Telegraaf) – Interview with one of the leading newspapers in The Netherlands about What’s on Weibo and the latest digital and social trends in the People’s Republic of China. The entire article (in Dutch) can also be accessed online here.

(Al Jazeera International) – The 19th National Party Congress was a big event for China that made international headlines. I briefly joined Al Jazeera’s News Grid on air to talk about social media in China during this important meeting.

(NOS) – Propaganda in China today is much different than what it was from the 1950s to the 1970s. Every type of new media is used to propagate government messages. Interactive, playful, and trendy, this is what propaganda looks like today. I spoke about this topic with NOS reporter Annabel de Bruijn. Read the article […]

(South China Morning Post) – “Chinese writers steer path round censors to earn cash through apps”, including short interview I did with Agence France-Presse on how bloggers turn to popular web platforms to connect with their readers – so long as they stay within the bounds of the ‘Great Firewall.’

(De Balie Amsterdam) – Talking about young people and the employment market in China at The Balie Amsterdam on 13 June 2017, theme night: “Young people have the future in their hands, but no contract.”

(BBC Newshour) – In late April of 2017, Fan Yusu became an overnight literary sensation in China when her moving essay “I am Fan Yusu” was published on online platform Noonstory.com and soon went viral. The essay, an autobiographical story about Fan’s life as a migrant worker in Beijing, was read 30 million times just […]

(NOS) – A new research recently revealed the world behind the so-called ‘Fifty Cent Party’ – an army of online commentators shaping debates on Chinese social media. I spoke to Dutch news broadcaster NOS about this phenomenon.

(Al Jazeera, News Grid) – American president Trump became a much talked about topic on Chinese social media after his phonecall to Taipei and remarkable comments about China in a Fox Interview. I appeared on Al Jazeera News Grid to talk about Chinese reactions to Trump.

“What war?” is a response I often hear after mentioning the Second Sino-Japanese War to friends in Europe or America. Although the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)[1] is actively commemorated within China, its history is relatively unknown in other parts of the world. For many people in the West, the war in China happened far away, […]

(VOA China 360) – During the American elections, many Chinese netizens took a liking to Donald Trump. But things seemed to change after Trump I talk about Trump’s Chinese social media image with Voice of America.

(Gijs 2.0) – In September, the World Championship Chinese Cooking was held in the city of Rotterdam. For this occasion, Radio 2’s Gijs Staverman wondered: How ‘Chinese’ is Chinese food in the Netherlands? Listen to the short interview here.

(InsightBeats) – German blog InsightBeats asked me seven questions about What’s on Weibo, the Chinese internet community, the interaction with my readers and the future of social media in China. Full link to article (in German).

As a new semester has started, freshmen across China leave their hometowns to start a new life at university. For parents who find it hard to say goodbye, many Chinese universities set up tent camps outside the dorms. I wrote about these so-called “tents of love”, and talked about this phenomenon with Karin de Groot at Groot op 5.